WEBVTT Y SUSPECT.STAN: 11 NEWS REPORTER LOWELLMELSER EXPLAINS HOW IT ALL WENTDOWN IN THE BALTIMORE HIGHLANDSNEIGHBORHOODLOWELL: THE HERO IN THIS CASE ISNO NORMAL FUNERAL DIRECTOR.HE IS AN ARMY THAT IT HAS -- VETAND HAS 12 YEARS WITH THEMARYLAND STATE POLICE.>> YOU DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUTIT.LOWELL: FOR MARK BAILEY, STATETROOPER TURNED FUNERAL DIRECTOR,IT'S JUST SOMETHING IN HISBLOOD.AFTER SPENDING 12 YEARS AS ATROOPER, HIS CAREER WAS CUTSHORT AFTER BEING HIT TRYING TOSTOP A STOLEN TRACTOR TRAILER ONTHE B.W. PARKWAY BACK IN 2004.TUESDAY AFTERNOON, HIS LAWENFORCEMENT SKILLS WERE PUT TOTHE TEST AFTER A 12-YEAR HIATUS.>> UP HERE TO THE DOOR, AND HESAID OPEN YOUR SAFE, OR I WILLSHOOT.LOWELL: JUST DOWN THE STREETFROM BAILEY'S FUNERAL HOME,SHARONE JOSEPH AT THE BALTIMOREHIGHLANDS PHARMACY WAS BEINGROBBED AT GUNPOINT FORNARCOTICS.THE PHARMACY SHARES A STORE WITHA FLORIST, WHO JUST SO HAPPENEDTO BE ON THE PHONE WITH BAILEY,AND INFORMED HIM THEY WERE BEINGROBBED.SO BAILEY JUMPED IN HIS CAR ANDWENT TO HELP, AND FOUND HIMSELFFACE TO FACE WITH THE ROBBER INTHEIR PARKING LOT.AND THE CHASE WAS ON.>> AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME,HE STOPPED, PULLED A PISTOL FROMHIS WAISTBAND, AND I WAS ABLE TOSMACK THAT FROM HIS HAND.WE FOUGHT FOR A FEW MINUTES, ANDI SUBDUED HIM UNTIL BALTIMORECOUNTY POLICE WERE ABLE TOARRIVE.LOWELL: POLICE WOULD ARREST37-YEAR-OLD ROBERT JAMES RICHTEROF HALETHORPE.JOSEPH GOT THE DRUGS BACK, ANDSTILL CAN'T BELIEVE HOW BRAVEHER NEIGHBOR IS.>> I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WOULDDO THAT.WHAT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE FORUS.IT'S REALLY GREAT.I'M GLAD MARK WAS THERE, OR THISWOULD HAVE HAPPENED.LOWELL: THE SUSPECT IS CHARGEDWITH FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT, ARMEDROBBERY, AND OTHER CHARGES.

Funeral director chases down robbery suspect

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Updated: 5:05 PM CST Jan 27, 2017

A robbery suspect got quite a surprise when a funeral director chased him down.